Songs of the Kisaeng

by Constantine Contogenis/ Wolhee Choe
New American Translations Series

"The poems translated here as Songs of the Kisaeng were written primarily in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by an unusual group of Korean women called kisaeng, who were a combination of professional entertainer, performing artist, and courtesan. . . A number of the kisaeng, who lived as quasi-persons, are known to us today as women of strong identities—that is, as women poets." --excerpt from the translators' introduction

"Very pleasing translations of a most interesting body of work and sensitively rendered. The translators are to be warmly congratulated." —Lucien Stryk

So, What Is This Love?

Anonymous

So, what is this love?

Is it round or flat;

is it long or short enough to be

paced off or laid beside a ruler?

Some say it lasts as long as it lessens;

mine breaks to a sharp edge within me.

©BOA Editions, Ltd 1997

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ISBN: 1-880238-53-5
Price: $12.50
Publishing Date: January 1997

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